Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-04-03
9HbreIins Resister
THE LABOR WORLD.
OURUSUALW WEEKLY RBSUNBOFNEwSPR0N
INDUSTRIAL CBNTBRS
Manufactures 0yeryrwied-Ths Railroads Busy
Farmers Confident Of Sasdy PreS-BUSi-
ness SaMmay-Ths Volume Of BaSi-
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PHILADELPHIA, PA, April Last
weeks business was So to 500 for the
week before, and 10 to 100 for the same
week last year 50 far rs hank clearing
shows. Railroad reports exhibit an in
creased volume oftrafiic, due to the anXiety
ofconSumers to obtain material before the
new freight rates 90 into effect. After this
week u general revival of legitimate de-
mand Is probable but an advance in prices
Is not, or account of the extraordinary pro-
ductiOn. Cotton is slightly higher; wool
firm aud active. Certain kinds Of iron are
cheaper, some dearey, and lumber is NOV
ing with extraordinary activity east aud
west, and yards are being piled full, as
fast Is ears can come and %. This is in a
nutshell, the business situation at the OPP
ening Of the month of April.
Trade Hints to Middlemen: The boot
and shoe trade is gaining in activity. In
New York business has been restricted.
In Philadelphia the Dry Goods JObbers
have been very busy, especially OF cotton
goods. Throughout Pennsylvania mills
and furnaces are producing larger quanti-
ties Of iron aad steel, and it is shipped as
fast as cold. New orders are being booked.
THE srEEL RAIL MILLS
of the country. have contracts for over l6,-
900 miles OF railroad, either partly filled
or to be filled this year. Mill capacity is
severely taxed at Pittsburg. In Chicago
business is crOwding in more freely. Lum-
Der is particularly active, and stuff cannot
be shipped fast enough. But this eXeep-
uOnaT activity is now nearly over, at least,
until the new freight rates are named. In
Kansas City great activity prevails in real
estate and manufacturing establishments
are projected on a large scale. The sugar
markets are active and strong, under =
rumOr, that the Cuban crop will be nearly
100, rDb tons short. The cost OF culture II
greater than the present selling price IN
London markets, and a general advance is
predicted.
The New York dry goods iohbers report
a good demand, hut they are vigorously
d~enouEciug the increased freight rates.
Stocks Of cotton and wooden goods are light,
and a very heavy consumption Is squirting
the mills Ia a great degree OF activity
throughout all textile CeuterS, north aud
south. The projection aud construction OF
new cotton mills IN the south, c~Ontinucs,
aud the probabilities are that strong,
though not high prices will prevail Cot
ton Is stronger.
THE GEEAE~T INTEREST
il tcIt in high fancial and manufacturing
centcrS concerning the possibility OF a
general advance iu prices during the COM
iug SiN months. The advances made within
nine months range from 10 To 80 per cent.
Manufacturing capacity has been strained
IL It's utmost in all directions. AgrICul-
turll prosperity has not kept pace. Steel
rails have advanced within l. months from
so Ia $40 hut wheat has noe advanced
from II 70 Il 30 nor pork, OF other farm,
OF like prulUctSin proportion. Money has
been crowded into manufacturing enter
prlSeS by the tens OF millions Of dollars,
and is pouring in this year, faster than
ever. ou the line Oi one railroad IN the
southern states u blast furnaces are pro
iect.i. and rolling mills To the number OF
At least twenty are talked OF in other see
ti0TS.
Bridge work Is CrOwding I'm beyond mill
capacity. Locomotive works and car
works are Oyersold, and rolling stock IS
still srarcr on railroads. The lumber
manufacturers and shippers have advanced
prices. and further Improvement IL awalted.
The effect of a boom in demand and prices
would be To discourage enterprise. Real
estate i steadily advancing throughout the
West and south. Eastern capitalists are
making extraordinary Investments IN new
sections IN view of this appreciation.
THERE ARE PusSIETLITITS
of a speculative advance, hutthe p%robabilr-
tie are the other way. Business will in
crease rapidly after the news railroad rates
are fixed.
The anthracite coal companies Will move
2LupuOUD tons OF coal this year. The
anti Discrimination ease, instituted by the
State of Pennsylvania has been pe3ceably
dropped. The bituminous pool, will re
guIIte production Mt mines and prices at
i've Atlantic shipping points.
Money is plenty IN financial centss,
Int at the present rate OF absorption, a
scarcity will he felt in q few months The
hnsipcSs of the country is being conducted
with less borrowed money, than for years.
Mortgages are steadily increasing. Credits
are being kept within a4rrow limits
Labor Is i'm steadily increasing demand
throughout the country. Immigration will
increase the supply OF SOth skilled and I'M
skilled labor, aud no general advance IN
the rate of machine Shog, OF. mill labor Is
regarded - probable. Employers are
taking more decided grounds against labor
dictation and demands and are gaining an
occasional victory. The general Industrial
prnspect is inviting. and q great amount OF
work Is awaiting Its turn. Raw material
II scarce. stocks are everywhere low, mills
are sold up, and frequently orders are not
accented. Trade organizations are strong
and confident. and il labor disputes can be
avoided. the year will he one ct phenomenal
prosperity.
COTTON GOODS MANUFACTURERS
Are Not meeting with as much sHccess in
establishing Al export trade, as their me-
cbauical appliances, cheap fuel, and cheap
cotton cali for. Great BTItain's cotton
goods expectations last year were 1, 1850
900 OOO wards. China takes six yards Of
British cotton cloth to one from Us. South
America sixteen, Central America seven.
The East Indies take nearly one haltof the
British product. Brazil takes over 24O,-
OOO.OOO wards from Great Britain WhlIe VT
export less than S.O0n, UO yards.
The StIeSgirls of the Grand Street Ne"
York dry goods stores have formed two as
semhlieS. The reporters on the New 1orS
dslies have been granted a charter, whlct
i the irst of its kind. The New Aor6
elevator men have been telling soeIets ana
thirty of them have been expelled. Ih'
Jewellers have an assembly at their own
The dry goods statesmen consider them
selves the most ariStOCrAtIc assembly IL
the Order. The great membership OF Dts
trict Assembly No. - is u be reduced oN
the formation of six industrial Councils
THE BUILDING TRADE
v,sst Of the Alle,eanie-